Improvement in weights for horseshoes



I ELF-PORTER. PL Weight for Horseshoe. L r 3 1 2|0,14e. Patented Nov.19,1878.

N.PETER3, PHOTO'LHHQGRAIFHER, WASHINGTON, D. C

UNITED STATES PATENTOFFIOE.

BENJAMIN F. PORTER, OF MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEIGHTS FOR HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,146, dated November19, 1878 application filed April 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. PORTER, of the city of Meadville, in thecounty of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Weights for Horseshoes, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

The nature and object of my invention are as follows, to wit toconstruct an adjustable toe and side weight for horseshoes in such amanner that it can be attached to a horseshoe at any desired pointbetween the toe and heel, and that it may be attached to any shoe, andadjusted or removed at pleasure.

Figure 1 represents my invention attached to the toe of the shoe andshowing the position of the hoof, Fig. 2 showing a side View of the shoewithout the hoof and a sectional view of my invention.

B C, Fig. 1, is a side View of the shoe; D, the weight of lead or anyother suitable material; A, the hoof. B 0, Fig. 2, is also a side viewof the shoe. At the toe of the shoe B is a standard, F, that screws intothe shoe at G. This standard is bent like aletter Z at the points 1 and2. E is a nut that fits the part of the standard S which has ascrewthread cut on it. There is a groove in the inside of the weightthat fits over the standard from 1 to 2, and the weight D is securelyattached to the standard by the nut E. At G the standard has ascrew-thread that screws into the shoe, as shown at Fig. 2.

It will be seen that byt-his device the standard can be set at any pointon the shoe de sired, it being only necessary to make a screwhole in theshoe and screw the standard in to it.

lVhen the weight is removed, a block of wood can be substitutedtherefor, which will prevent the standard from catching in the straws ofthe bedding, or grass, or brush of the poses set forth.

BENJAMIN F. PORTER. Witnesses:

J 0s. '1. WHITE, A. B. RICHMOND.

